Display-plate



T. R. JACOBSEN.

DISPLAY PLATE.

APPLICATION FILEDv IuLY27, |920.

1,369,436. Peteneea Feb.22,14921.

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THOMAS R. J'ACOBSEN, OF ELLENSBURG, WASHINGTON.

DISPLAY-PLATE.

To all whom it may concer/n.'

Be it known that I, THoMAsR. JAoosEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Ellensburg, in the county of Kittitas and State ofWashington, have invented a, certain new and useful Improvement inDisplay-Plates, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in displa or name lates forautomobiles that are a apted to e fastened to the license platesthereof, and the object of my invention is to provide a displayplatewhich may be quickly and rigidly attached to the license plates orto any other desired part of an automobile.

Another object is to provide a ldisplay plate of neat appearance uponwhich the name ofthe home town of the automobile owner, the owners name,or any other desiredl inscription, name or design, may be conspicuouslydisplayed for the purpose of advertising said town, name or design, andfor the purpose of aiding the authorities in the apprehension, of anytraic law violators particularly when the license number `of saidautomobile is obscure or difficult to decipher.

vWith the above and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds the invention consists of the novel construction,adaptation, arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter describedand claimed.

I accomplish these objects by devices illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, whereinl Figure 1 is a view in pers ective of an automobiledisplay plate embo ying the features of my invention.

Fig. 2 is a view in front elevation of my display plate as it may appearwhen attached to an automobile license plate.

Fig. 3 is a view in vertical transverse sec tion taken on a broken line3, 3 of Fig. Q.

Referring to the drawings, throughout which like reference numeralsdesignate like parts, the numeral 1() designates my display plate whichis provided adjacent the upper and lower edge porticpis thereof withlongitudinally disposed grooved stiffening beads 11 and 12 respectively.

To furnish selective means for the attachment of the plate 10 to anydesired part of the automobile l have provided the cor- Speeication ofLetters Patent.

Patented Feb. 22, 1921.

Application med July 27, 1920. serial No. 399,420.

' ners of the said plate with suitable noles or apertures 13 adapted toreceive the fastening means such asvbolts or screws not shown` the'saidplate being also further provided adjacent the upper corners thereofwith slotted holes or apertures 14 for the reception of the fasteningmeans such as bolts or screws, when it is desired to adjustably attachor secure the plate 10 to the selected part of the automobile. The upperedge portion of the plate 10 is cut or split at regular or equi-distantintervals as at 15 in a vertical downward ldirection to a point belowthe bead 1'1 to provide alinear series of sectional portions which areadapted to be alternately offset or flexed from the normal plane of theplate -10 to form a plurality of resilient or flexible clip elements 16as shown in Fig. 1.

The main body portion lof the plate 10 is adapted to receive the name ofthe automobile owner or the name of the town of the said owner as forexample the word Ellensburg which may be stamped, painted or otherwiseapplied thereon.

- The numeral 17 designates a license plate of an automobile to which mydisplay plate 10 is adapted to be attached, the said license plate beingprovided adjacent the upper and lower edge portions thereof withlongitudinal groovcd stiffening beads 18 and 19 respectively.

The corners of the said license plate are provided with the usual holesor apertures 20 adapted for the reception of the fastening or securinmeans such as bolts or screws not shown. he said license` plate is alsofurther provided adjacent the upper corners thereof with slotted holesor apertures 21 adapted to receive fastening or securing means such asbolts or screws when it is desired to adjustably secure the said plate17 to the selected part of the automobile.

To attachv or position the display plate 10 to or on the license plate17, the clip elements 16 on the upper edge portion of the plate 10 areslipped or sprung over the grooved bead 19 formed on the lower edgeportion of the plate 17 in such a manner that the said clip elements 16alternately and functionally engage the opposite sides of the said loweredge portion of the plate 17 to thereby permit the concave and convexsides of the grooved bead 11 of the plate 10 to alternately seat in andon the concave and convex surfaces of the grooved bead 19 of the plate17 as shown more clearly in Figs. 2 and 3. y v

The resilient and frictional engagement of the clip elements 16 on thebead 19 serves in part to retain the plates 10 and 17 in verticalalinement with respecttc each other, but, to insure of a positive andrigid connection between the said plates I provide stove bolts 22 whichare adapted to rigidly secure the upper edge portion of the plate 10 tothe lower edge portion of the plate 1T as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

While I show and describe my display plate as being attached to thelicense plate of an automobile, I desire to have it clearly understoodthat the saine is readily attachable to any other` selected orconvenient part of an automobile by using either the holes 13 or theslots 14 provided in the said display plate for Xedly or adjustablymountlng` the same thereon as desired.

rom the foregoing description taken in connectiony with the accompanyingdrawings, the advanta es of the construction and of the method o?operation of my display plate for automobile will be readily apparent tothose skilled in the` art to which the inventionrelates, and while Ihave described the principle of operation of the invention, togetherwith the device which I now consider to be the best embodiment thereof,I desire to have it understood that the device shown is merelyillustrative and that such changes may be made When'desired as arewithin the scope of the invention.

.lVhat I claim is In combination ywith a .motor vehicle license platehaving a longitudinally disposed grooved stiifeningbead formed on thelower edge portion thereof, of a display device comprising a rectangularplate, a linear series of integral. clips bent alternately in oppositedirection to each other along the upper edge portion of said plateadapted to operatively and alternately engage the opposite sides of thelower edge portion of the said license plate and grooved beads formed onsaid clips adapted to engage the beads on said license plate.

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this 20th day of July,A. D. 1920.

'rHoMAs R. JACoBsEN..

